Monday 3rd April

Aran returns, 2.57pm

Thursday 13th April

Sadly, Mrs G has not returned and Aran appears to be successfully bonding with an unringed female who first visited the nest on 7th April

The End of an Era

Friday 14th April

All change today. No sign of the female who had been bonding with Aran over the past few days but he now has the company of another unringed female who had visited previously but for whom Aran had provided no fish. She spurns his advances and repeatedly nags him until he finally presents her with a large fish supper

Saturday 15th April

Yesterday's female still here, less aggressive since she is now being fed and more amenable to successful matings

Monday 24th April

Now that all appears well settled between the new pair, Aran's unringed mate is given the name 'Elen', by Glaslyn Osprey Project, after yr Elen, a mountain in the Carneddau range in Eryri (Snowdonia)
[Aran had also been named after a mountain in Eryri, yr Aran, in 2015, his first year on the Glaslyn nest]

Egg #1 laid 10.37am

Thursday 27th April

Egg #2  12.36 pm

Wednesday 31st May

Chick #1 hatches, 1.38am

Thursday 1st June

Chick #2 hatches, 11.38am

Tuesday 4th July

Ringing

Chick #1  (M) (34 days)
Darvic ring right leg, Blue/White 0H1
BTO ring left leg   No. 1065659
Weight: 1400g    Wing: 275mm

Chick #2   (M) (33 days)
Darvic ring right leg, Blue/White 0H2
BTO ring left leg   No. 1065660
Weight: 1510g    Wing: 266mm

Thursday 20th July

Blue 0H1 fledges, 2.33pm (50 days)

Sunday 23rd July

Blue 0H2 fledges, 6.51am (52 days)